Frankford Preservation Foundation
Then I discovered the prairie, and a slow healing began.
~ Stephen R. Jones, The Last Prairie

Anybody can love the mountains, but it takes a soul to love the prairie.

Willa Cather

Donate to Frankford for North Texas Giving Day!

Support us in our mission to preserve and maintain our rare historic site located in the heart of Dallas.

Frankford Preservation Foundation is a sacred, historic site nestled in North Dallas—a rare place where prairie, history, and heritage come together.

This North Texas Giving Day, we’re asking for your support to help us preserve and enhance this unique space for generations to come.

1. Self-Guided Historical Tour

We are launching a self-guided walking tour at Frankford! This educational and immersive experience will feature:

• Bois d’Arc Post Signage at key historical stations across the site

• QR Code Posters directing visitors to informative pages on our website

Each station will highlight one of the following locations at Frankford:

1. Historic Frankford Church

2. Legacy House

3. Blackland Prairie

4. Historic Frankford Cemetery

5. Hall’s Branch and Indian Springs

6. Wagon Yard

Your support will help us produce durable signage, design digital content, and make local history more accessible to all who visit.

2. Ongoing Maintenance at the site includes annual mowing and quarterly debris removal from the prairie, painting and upkeep of the Historic Frankford church, replacing the HVAC system, and updating interior features like new pew cushions to preserve both comfort and heritage.

Your gift will help us preserve the stories of the past while making them come alive for today’s community. Thank you for being part of the legacy of Frankford.

3. Volunteers! - We are always looking for volunteers who are passionate about helping us in our mission to protect, preserve, and share our historic five-acre nature and heritage site in the heart of Dallas.

Currently we are looking for volunteer to help us with our events:

Possible roles include:

- Event Setup Crew

– Set up signage, tables, collateral.

- Hospitality Helpers – Welcome guests, serve refreshments, and provide a friendly presence.

- Parking & Wayfinding Guides – Direct visitors to parking and entrances during busy events.

If you are interested in any of these roles or have questions about volunteering for Frankford please email us at info@frankfordpreservationfoundation.org

Donate to Frankford during North Texas Giving Day!

The disappearance of a major natural unit of vegetation from the face of the earth is an event worthy of causing pause and consideration by any nation. Yet so gradually has the prairie been conquered by the breaking plow, the tractor, and the overcrowded herds of man…that scant attention has been given to the significance of this endless grassland or the course of its destruction. Civilized man is destroying a masterpiece of nature without recording for posterity that which he has destroyed.

— John Ernest Weaver, North American Prairie (1954)

Our Mission

A historic nature preserve in the midst of the city of Dallas, Frankford Preservation Foundation protects and maintains a five-acre site that features a rare remnant of the Blackland Prairie once indigenous to the Dallas area, Indian Springs, an everlasting spring, and the Historic Frankford Church. The Frankford Preservation Foundation conducts charitable, educational, and cultural events including seasonal tours of its native prairie meadows to foster an awareness of the significance of the Blackland Prairie and early North Texas history.

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